Negro Folk Rhymes : Wise And Otherwise ; With a Study
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Fust to ma tree'l Just came er bubba. Buska ! Buska-reel ! WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY Wen I wus a liddle boy I cleaned up mammy's dishes; Now I is a great big boy, I wears my daddy's britches. I can knock dat Mobile Buck An' smoke dat corncob pipe. I can kiss dem pretty gals, An' set up ev'ry night. i68 NEGRO FOLK RHYMES GRASSHOPPER SENSE Dere wus a liddle grasshopper Dat wus always on de jump; An' caze he never look ahead, He wus always gittin' a bump. Huddlety, dumpty, dumpty, dump! Mind out, or... you will git a bump; Shore as de grass grows 'round de stump Be keerful, my sweet Sugar Lump. YOUNG MASTER AND OLD MASTER Hick'ry leaves an' calico sleeves! I tells you young Mosser's hard to please. Young Mosser fool you, de way he grin. De way he whup you is a sin. De monkey's a-settin' on de end of a rail, Pickin' his tooth wid de end of his tail. Mulberry leaves an' homespun sleeves! Better know dat ole Mosser's not easy to please. 169 NEGRO FOLK RHYMES MY SPECKLED HEN Somebody stole my speckled hen.
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